Tag: mental health

Study suggests that schizophrenic patients have difficulty using past experience to interpret others’ intentions

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From the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (Paris) press release via HealthCanal: Schizophrenia is a mental illness that seriously affects social interaction. Recent studies have shown that people with… Read more »

Study points to possibility of rewiring brain to better respond to stress

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From the Stanford University press release: What if you could teach your brain to respond differently to things that make you feel sad, down or stressed out? What if doing… Read more »

Study links depression in teens to higher risk of being bullied

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From the Arizona State University press release: A new study provides evidence that adolescents who suffer from depression are more likely to experience difficulty in peer relationships, including being bullied… Read more »

Study suggests physical punishment of children may potentially harm their long-term development

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From the Canadian Medical Association Journal press release: An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to… Read more »

Research points to how to distinguish between normal age-related forgetfulness and risk of Alzheimer’s

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From the Biomed press release via AlphaGalileo and ScienceDirect: It can be difficult to distinguish between people with normal age-associated memory loss and those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI)…. Read more »

Study suggests way of helping schizophrenia patients shift focus from inner to real voices

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From the Research Council of Norway press release via AlphaGalileo: When a patient afflicted with schizophrenia hears inner voices something is taking place inside the brain that prevents the individual… Read more »

Study identifies protein that could be key target in controlling Alzheimer’s

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From the Temple University press release: A protein recently discovered in the brain could play a key role in regulating the creation of amyloid beta, the major component of plaques… Read more »